Noah and Babel (Myth-Folklore Online)

Noah & Babel

Week 3: Hebrew Bible - Assignments - Reading - Resources - Images

Background Quiz

The following is a list of statements which are either True or False. When you take the quiz, you will have 10 of these statements, chosen at random. You may take the quiz up to five times; your average score will be recorded in the Gradebook.

Apply the 80% RULE when you are taking quizzes for these classes. In other words: don't stress about trying to get 100% on these quizzes. The quizzes are here to make sure you are ready to go on to the next activity. If you get 80% or better, you are ready to proceed. If you get less than 80% you need to go back and do the reading again (read more slowly, take notes) and take the quiz again, aiming for at least 80%.

T or F ? William Tyndale produced a translation of the Bible in the 12th century.
T or F ? Methuselah was the oldest man who ever lived.
T or F ? Enoch was the angel of death.
T or F ? The flood stories of Gilgamish and Noah both include "birds testing the waters"
T or F ? The Jewish prayer shawl is called Torah.
T or F ? Ginzberg collected Jewish legends about famous characters and events in the Bible.
T or F ? The toga is a piece of clothing characteristic of the Sumerians.
T or F ? There is a flood story in the epic of Gilgamish.
T or F ? Louis Ginzberg collected his legends exclusively from Middle Eastern sources.
T or F ? Enoch was Noah's father.
T or F ? Rahab was the angel of the sea.
T or F ? According to some scholars, the stories in the Bible come from multiple sources.
T or F ? Methuselah was the grandfather of Noah.
T or F ? The tetragrammaton refers to the first four books of the Hebrew Bible.
T or F ? Raziel was the archangel, or chief of the angels.
T or F ? 19th century Biblical scholars were very interested in the epic of Gilgamish.
T or F ? Louis Ginzberg collected tales from a wide range of Jewish sources.
T or F ? Enoch was famous for walking with God and being mysteriously "taken" by God.
T or F ? William Tyndale was executed as a heretic by King James in 1536.
T or F ? Many people believe the Bible's flood story has historical significance.
T or F ? The King James' Version of the Bible dates to the 15th century.
T or F ? The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are called the Tallit.
T or F ? Some scholars identify two Noah stories in the Bible: the "P" and "J" versions.
T or F ? In Biblical source studies, the "P" source is the older or "prior" source.
T or F ? Lamech was Noah's grandfather.

Modern Languages / Anthropology 3043: Folklore & Mythology. Laura Gibbs, Ph.D. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. You must give the original author credit. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.
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